Umbrella-retainer for traveling-bags.



PATENT'ED DEC. a, 1903.

S. S. WENZELL. UMBRELLA RETAINER FOR TRAVELING BAGS.

APPLICATION FILED IBB. 20, 1903.

No MODEL.

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UNITED STATES Patented ecember LB, 1903.

PATENT EEICE.

SAMUEL S. WENZELL, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA,IASSIGNOR TO BELLE H. HARTLEY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

UMBRELIaA-RETAINERl FOR TRAVELlNG-BClS.`

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 746,617, dated December 8, 1903.

Application filed February 20,1903. seria No. 144.309. (No modem To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL S. WENZELL, a citizen of the United States, residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in' Umbrella Retainers for Traveling-Bags, of which the following is a specification.

The object of myvinvention is to provide a valise or traveling-bag with means for carrying and retaining one or more umbrellas, canes, or the like, (referred to hereinafter for convenience simply as an umbrella,) the retainer being, if desired, so constructed that it can be locked in order to prevent the removal of the umbrella until the bag has rst been opened.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of an ordinary form of valise or traveling-bag provided with an umbrella-holder in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse section, on a larger scale, illustrating the retainer for the handle end of the umbrella. Fig. 3 is asimilar section :illustrating the retainer for the other end of the umbrella. Fig. 4 is a sectional plan view on theline a a, Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a side view of the retainer shown in Fig. 2, and Fig. 6 is a view illustrating another form of retainer embodying some of the fea' tures of my invention.

In Fig. 1 of the drawings, 1 represents a traveling-bag or valise of common form, and 2 and 3 represent retainers mounted thereon for the reception of the umbrella or other article to be secured to the valise. n

The retainer 2 consists of a yoke composed, preferably, of bent wire and having its depending legs contained within tubes 4, form ing vpart of a plate 4a, which is disposed inside of the bag, adjacent to one end of the same, and is retained in place upon the bag by means of the flanged screw-caps 5, said caps having stems which pass through openings in the side of the bag, near the end of the same, and engage with 4the threaded upper ends'of the tubes4, as shown in Fig. 2, so that the material of the bag is firmly clamped between the flan ges of said caps 5 and the up per ends of the tubes 4, the screw-caps being tubular, so as to permit of the passage of the legs of the retainer 2. One of these legs is longer than the other and has a suitable stud or collar at the lower end, which is acted upon by a coiled spring 6, containedl in one of the tubes 4, said spring having a normal tendency to cause it to bear rmly upon the umbrellastick and prevent displacement of the umbrella in any direction. Byrwithdrawing the retainer until the short leg of thesame is free said retainer can be turnedon the long leg as a pivot, so as to be out of the way'while the umbrellais being placed in position and can then be swung back into position to be retracted so as to retain the umbrella-handle.

If desired, the retainer 2 may be locked in its depressed position by the engagement of the bent upper end of a retaininglever 7 with any one of a series of notches or recesses formed in the short leg of the retainer, said lever being pivoted to the plate 4a and acted upon by a spring 8, tending to move it to locking position, the lever, however, having a projecting finger 9,`which passes through a' slot 10 in the plate so as to permit ready movement of the lever to unlocking position. The lower end of the plate 4 hasa reversely-bent or hooked finger 11, which is passed through slits formed in the end of thebag, so as to firmly retain the lower end ofthe plate`4a in its proper position both vertically and longitudinally in respect to said end of the bag. (See Fig. 5.)

The retainer 3 for engagingwith the outer end of the umbrella is substantially the same as the retainer 2, its long leg being contained within a short tube 12, which is securedto the side of the bag by means of a screw-cap 13 iu the same manner as the tubes 4, that portion ofthe rod within the tube being acted upon by a coiled spring 14, tending to constantly depress the same, as shown in Fig. 3. The short leg .of the retainer passes through an eyelet 13a and is provided at its inner end with a stud or collar which prevents its with.- drawal.

An umbrella secured -to a traveling-bag by retainers such as I have described is firmly held in position on the bag and cannot be removed therefrom without first opening the IOO bag, longitudinal removal in one direction being prevented by engagement of the retainer 2 With the enlarged or hooked end of the handle and in the other direction by engagement of said retainer 2 with the tip ends of the umbrella-ribs. I-Iencein order to eiect release of the umbrella the bag must be opened, the retainer 2 unlocked by movement of the lever 7, and then Withdrawn, so as to permit retraction of the retainer sufiiciently to release those portions of the umbrella formerly in engagement therewith.

While I have shown a retainer 2 having a spring acting upon one leg of the same, both of the legs may be thus acted upon, if desired, or springs may be dispensed with altogether if means are provided for locking the retainer in the depressed position.

In Fig. 6 I have shown a modified form of the retainer, consisting of a chain 15 secured at one end to an eye 16 on the side of the bag and passing down through a tubular screwcap 5 and tube 4b, so that it canbe tightened by pulling upon its inner free end and can then be retained by engagement with a lock` ing-lever 7a, hung to a lug on the side of the tube 4" and acted upon by a spring 8a.

The attachment can be readily applied to a bag by the owner, all that is necessary being to form in the side of the bag two openings near each end of the same for the reception of the screw-caps and two slits in one end of the bag for the reception of the bent portions of the retaining-hook 11.

Instead of the yielding retainer 3 for they outer end of the umbrella a simple loop of leather, metal, or other material may be permanently secured' to the bag near one end, although a yielding retainer is preferred, because it readily adapts itself to the varying bulk of material which it may be called upon to retain.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. An umbrella-retainer for traveling-bags consisting of a pair of rigid yokes mounted upon the top of the bag, one near each end thereof, one of said yokes being capable of being drawn outwardly to permit of the insertion or withdrawal of the umbrella, substantially as speciiied.

2. Au umbrella-holder for traveling-bags consisting of a rigid yoke for embracing the umbrella, said yoke having one or more legs extending t0 the inside of the bag, and a tubular guide in which said leg or legsof the yoke can slide, substantially as specied.

3. An umbrella-holder for traveling-bags consisting of a rigid yoke embracing the umbrella, said yoke having one or more legs extending to the inside of the bag, a tubular guide in which said leg or legs of the yoke can slide, and a spring for acting upon an inwardly-extending leg of the yoke so as to retract the same, substantially as specified.

4:. An umbrella-retainer for traveling-bags,

consisting of a rod having a hooked or bent end on the outside of the bag and a stem on the inside of the bag, and a spring engaging said stem, substantially as specified.

5. An umbrella-retainer fortraveling-bags, consisting of a yoke having its looped portion on the outside of the bag, and a pair of depending legs on theA inside of the bag, and one or more springs acting to depress said yoke, substantially as specied.

6. An umbrella-retainer for travelingbags, having a retaining portion on the outside of the bag and a portion extending to the inside of the bag, and areceiver for said latter portion of the retainer consisting of a tube on the inside of the bag and a screw-cap engaging said tube and having a fiange on the outside of the bag, substantially as specified.

7. An umbrella-retainer for traveling-bags having au adjustable member on the inside of the bag, and a locking device for retaining said member in its positions of adjustment, substantially as specified.

8. An umbrella-retainer for traveling-bags having au adjustable member on the inside of the bag, and a locking device, actuated in one direction by a spring, for retaining said adjustable member in its positions of adj ustment, substantially as specified.

9. An umbrella-retainer for traveling-bags having a member extending to the inside of the bag, a receiver for said internal member, and securing means therefor comprising a screw-cap at oneend for engagement with the side of the bag, and a bent linger at the other end for engagement with the end of the bag, substantially as specified.

10. An umbrella-retainer for traveling-bags consisting of a yoke having depending members within the bag, and a receiver for said depending members comprising a plate with a pair of tubes formed thereon, and securing devices for said receiver comprising screwcaps at one end engaging the side of the bag, and about finger at the other end engaging the end of the bag, substantially as specified.

l1. An umbrella-retainer for traveling-bags consisting of a yoke member having one leg longer than the other,and guides for said yoke member, from one of which guides the short leg can be withdrawn so as to permit the other leg to serve as a pivot, substantially as specitied.

12. An umbrella-retainer for traveling-bags consisting of a yoke member having one leg longer than the other, guides for said yoke member, from one of which guides the short leg can be withdrawn so as to permit the other leg to serve as a pivot, and a spring acting on the long leg to depress the retainer, subst-antially as specilied.

13. An umbrella-retainerfor traveling-bags consisting of a yoke member having one leg longer than the other, guides for said yoke member, from one of which guides the short leg can be withdrawn so as to permit the other leg to serve as a pivot, and a locking device IOO IIO

acting upon the short leg of the retainer, sub-` short leg of the retainer, substantially as stantiztlly as specified. specified. v

14. An umbrella-retainerfortraveling-bags In testimony whereof I have signed my consisting of a yoke member having;r one leg name to this specification in the presence of 5 longer than the other, guides for said yoke two subscribing Witnesses.

member, from one of which guides the short leg can be Withdrawn so as to permit the other SAMUEL S' WENZELL leg t0 serve as a pivot, a spring acting upon Witnesses: the long leg of the retainer to depress the WILL. A. BARR, 1o Same, anda locking device acting upon the l F. E. BEOHTOLD. 

